This project is a collaborative endeavor involving the entire 10th grade class. You will be responsible for recording and translating ten lines from the epic poem.
There are two components:
1. Record your lines in Garageband.
Save your podcast as: Beowulf Lines X-Y (First Name Last Name)
Excellent example of a clear and accurate reading: click here
2. Paraphrase your Beowulf lines.
Write your lines the way you would say them (using current vernacular) without sacrificing the meaning or organization of the original piece
- provide a line by line paraphrase
-do not summarize write in the third person, past tense, except in quotes
-only use “I” when the original text uses it
-do not turn “Beowulf ran” into “I ran." Save your translation as a word document titled: Translation Lines X-Y (First Name Last Name)
Podcast _ / 15
Clear enunciation and correct pronunciation
1 2 3 4 5
Variations in rate, volume, tone, and voice inflection designed to impact the purpose and message
1 2 3 4 5
Fluent delivery
1 2 3 4 5
Paraphrase _ / 15
Fresh, colorful, precise language that makes a strong and purposeful impact
1 2 3 4 5
Impressive figurative or creative language that evokes clear images
1 2 3 4 5
Correct grammar and usage
1 2 3 4 5
One of the literary devices popular in the Anglo-Saxon Old English poetry tradition is the kenning. It is a literary device in which a noun is renamed in a creative way using a compound word or union of two separate words to combine ideas; it's like a metaphor.
Examples of kennings:
His war-net woven by cunning of smith.
They lay on the sea-bench slain with the sword.
The hell-thane shrieking in sore defeat.
Were the hardened nails, the heathen's hand-spurs...
But the bold one had found that the battle-flasher would bite no longer.
As the candle of heaven shines clear from the sky.
The foamy necked plunger plowed through the billows...
Can you identify the noun to which each kenning is referring?
Beowulf Audio Book
Line assignments for Beowulf
Beowulf Podcast Assignment: English 10
This project is a collaborative endeavor involving the entire 10th grade class. You will be responsible for recording and translating ten lines from the epic poem.
There are two components:
1. Record your lines in Garageband.
Save your podcast as: Beowulf Lines X-Y (First Name Last Name)
Excellent example of a clear and accurate reading: click here
2. Paraphrase your Beowulf lines.
Write your lines the way you would say them (using current vernacular) without sacrificing the meaning or organization of the original piece
- provide a line by line paraphrase
-do not summarize write in the third person, past tense, except in quotes
-only use “I” when the original text uses it
-do not turn “Beowulf ran” into “I ran." Save your translation as a word document titled: Translation Lines X-Y (First Name Last Name)
Post both your recording and paraphrase on your Beowulf wiki page - located on the class page.
Block D Semester 1
Block G Semester 1
Beowulf Grading Sheet:
Podcast _ / 15
Clear enunciation and correct pronunciation
1 2 3 4 5
Variations in rate, volume, tone, and voice inflection designed to impact the purpose and message
1 2 3 4 5
Fluent delivery
1 2 3 4 5
Paraphrase _ / 15
Fresh, colorful, precise language that makes a strong and purposeful impact
1 2 3 4 5
Impressive figurative or creative language that evokes clear images
1 2 3 4 5
Correct grammar and usage
1 2 3 4 5
A very brief history of the English language...
Map of Europe
Anglo-Saxon Mini Research Project
One of the literary devices popular in the Anglo-Saxon Old English poetry tradition is the kenning. It is a literary device in which a noun is renamed in a creative way using a compound word or union of two separate words to combine ideas; it's like a metaphor.
Examples of kennings:
Can you identify the noun to which each kenning is referring?